On the night of Tuesday, October 1 (October 10, 1403), Iran fired at least 180 missiles at Israel, some of which reached Israeli territory. It is the second attack by Iran on Israel this year.
According to the Israeli army, at around 7:30 local time, Iran fired its missiles at the country, causing danger sirens to sound throughout Israel.
Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said Israel successfully intercepted most of the missiles, and two US Navy destroyers fired about 12 interceptors to assist the Israeli military.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on the other hand, announced that its forces used Fattah supersonic missiles for the first time, claiming that 90 percent of its launchers hit their targets.
Where was he headed?
IRGC sources told state media in Tehran that the attack was targeting three Israeli military bases.
“We exercise our right to self-defense under Article 51 of the Charter and exclusively target the military and security bases responsible for the genocide in Gaza and Lebanon,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on his personal account on social network X .
However, a Pentagon spokesman said Israel had suffered “minimal damage on the ground”.
A number of injuries were also recorded, although none were US troops or North American nationals.
In addition, the Israeli media reported the murder of a 30-year-old woman, Shahir Goldman.
What countries came to the aid of Israel?
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller later said US partners were helping Israel and Washington counter the attack.
However, he refused to reveal the names of these countries and told journalists he would allow them to comment on themselves.
One such country is Britain, whose defense minister cited the help of its forces in repelling attacks from Iran and condemned the Iranian attack.
The attack ended very quickly and the Iranian representative at the United Nations announced, at around 8pm, that the attack had ended.
According to official positions, Tehran did not inform Washington about the start of the attack.
What caused the attack?
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that “response to an attack by the Zionist regime, including a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran”, as well as the assassination of “the head of the political office of the Hamas movement in Tehran, who was an official guest of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the General Military. our country, Sardar Nilforoshan, in Beirut.” he said.
What happens next?
Although Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially said that its operations had ended, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran will “pay” for the missile launch.
ADVERTISING“Iran made a serious mistake tonight and it will pay for it,” Netanyahu said at a security cabinet meeting.
“The Tehran regime does not understand our determination to defend itself and impose a cost on its enemies,” he said.
Armed groups that support Iran in Iraq have said that if the United States came to any response from Israel, or if Israel used Iraqi airspace against Tehran, they would consider American bases in Iraq and the region a target for themselves.
The Palestinian group Hamas praised Iran’s IRGC missile attack on Israel, calling it “heroic.”
ADVERTISINGAt the same time, a group of Iranians who took to the streets expressed their satisfaction with the attack.